Fence



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Q. D. WILGOXSON. FENCE.

Patented Oct. 23, 1888.

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QUINN D. VILOOXSON, OF BOSTON STATION, KENTUCKY.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391.569, dated October 23, 1888.

Application filed February 3, 1888. Serial No. 262,S3G.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, QUINN D. WrLcoXsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston Station, in the county of Pendleton and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fences, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fences, the object being to provide a simple, strong, and durable portable fence, or one in which the panels are separable from each other while retaining their integrity as panels; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in the drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a side elevation ofa fence embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of a portion of the fence. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on lineas a: of Fig. l. Fig. et is a detail horizontal section.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A A designate the support-braces arranged in pairs at suitable equal intervals apart. The niembers of each pair cross each other near their tops and have their lower ends resting on the ground on opposite sides of the fence. These are the only parts of the fence that touch the ground. The remainder ofthe fence is composed of the similar and equal panels, B B, connected together at their ends and to the support-braces A at their upper portions. Each panel B consists of the two vertical stayposts C G,the longitudinal rails D D, connecting said stay-posts, the horizontal rider E,and the diagonal brace-rail F, running from the bottom of one stay-post to the top of the other and bound to the highest and lowest rail, D D, respectively, by a single loop of wire, d d, as shown. The riders E have their end portions resting in the upper forks or crotches, a a, of the pairs of support-braces A, and are held down therein by a single wire, e, that makes separate loops, e' e', over the upper ends of the crossed supports and is crossed between said loops, as shown in Fig. 4. The rails and riders have their end portions connected to the vertical stay-posts C C by the single loops of wire c c, respectively, and the highest rail, D, rests in the lower forks or crotches a' a of the support-braces, and is retained therein by the wire d below it, which wire makes the single loops da di around the (No model.)

adjacent parts of the support-braces A and crosses between said loops.

The stay-post C in each panel is secured to the adjacent supportbrace A by a single loop of wire, ai, immediately above the highest raiLD. Vhen arranged thus, the adjacent ends of the riders E are held down and together by the looped wire e above them, and the adjoining ends of the lowest rails in adjacent panels are 'bound together by a wire, d, as shown.

To separate the panels from each other and from the support-braces, therefore, it is necessary to cut only the loops at and the wires d'1. The panels are then separate, and the riders can easily have their ends drawn from below the wires e by moving the panels back and forth. This also draws the ends of the rails D from above the wire d.

To build the fence, the support-braces are crossed at the proper intervals apart, the riders placed in the upper forks, a, the highest rails,D, placed in the lower forks, a', the wires d and e looped around the support-braces, as described, the stay-posts O bound to the adjacent support-braces by the loops a2, and the ends of the lowest rails, D, bound together by the wires d2. rlhe stay-posts C C do not touch the ground at their lower ends.

The fence is simple, strong, and durable, and, as shown, can have its panels, which are portable, quickly and readily put up on and taken down from the support-braces. -ff

Having described my invention, .I claim- The herein described fence, consisting of the crossed supports A, the separable panels B, composed of the vertical stay-posts C C', riders E, rails D, and inclined braces, F, tied together by single loops of wire, the adjacent ends of the riders lapping in the upper forks of the crossed supports, the wires e and cl, binding the supports together above and below their crossings, the single loops of wire a, binding the posts O to the adjacent supports A, and the single loops of wire d2, binding together the adjoining ends of the lowest rails in adjoining panels, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

QUINN D. Tll/TILCOXSON.

Witnesses:

GEO. D. LEF., C. C. CRAM.

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